Fuselage construction



C. F. WILLARD.

FUSELAGE CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 18. 1916.

1,394,459. Pdtented Oct. 18, 1921.

- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES F. WILLARD, on NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR, BY MEsNE ASSIGNMENTS,T0

L-W-F ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC., YORK, A. CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

OF COLLEGE POINT, LONG ISLAND, NEW

FUSELAGE CONSTRUCTION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 18, 1921.

Application filed October 18, 1916. Serial No. 126,285.

a citizen of the United States, residing at .the borough of Manhattan,in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Fuselage Construction, of which thefollowin is a specification, reference being had t erein to theaccompanying drawing.

My invention relates to improvements in the construction of the bodyportion of an 'aeroplane or the covering therefor, and more articularlyconsists in arranging successive ayers of material in such a manner asto insure tough rigidity and durability.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, I have illustrated part of thebody portion or fuselage of an aeroplane in the construction of which Imay first use a layer of fabric such as linen indicated by the referencecharacter 2, then at an angle thereto strips of wood, preferably spruce,I

indicated by the reference character 3, laid parallel and at an angle asshown, thenb fabric such as strips of linen tape indicated by thereference character 4, also laid parallel and at an opposing angle, thenpreferably another layer of wood as lndicated by the reference-character5 and another layer of,

e. 9., tape as indicated by the reference character 6, then preferablystill another layer of wood indicated by the reference A character 7 andfinally a layer of fabric such ter 8, which may be drawn over the wholeas linen indicated by the reference characin the form of a stocking asdesired. Each of the operations is of course preferably accommodated byan application of shellac, glue or other suitable binding material,

thus forming a uniform exceedingly tough and. durable and lightstructure.

Of course it-wlll be understood that various modifications and changesmay be made in' the construction and arrangement of parts withoutdeparting from the spirit of the lnvention as claimed.

I claim 1. A fuselage comprising a plurality of of strips wound atopposing angles to the wood strips, and means for binding them together.h

2. A structure of the class described comprising alternate layers ofwood and fabric, said layers applied in strips wound at opposlng anglesand means for binding same together and the whole covered by a uniformlayer of fabric. I

3. A fuselage comprising a plurality of layers of wood, each layerconsisting of a plurality of spirally directed wooden strips, and fabricbetween the wood layers and means forbinding them together.

. 4. A fuselage body comprising layers of wood and fabric alternatingwith each other,

tioned layers, together with means for bind-.

ing together all of said layers.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses:

/ CHARLES F. WILLARD.

Witnesses: H

ANNA F. DUFFY, THOMAS A. HILL.

